Ready to step back in time? The following sites let you witness the world’s great
discoveries.

To start your expedition, check out
Voyage of Exploration: Discovering New Horizons,
a student-designed site about explorers, their expeditions and navigation tools. Using first-class
graphics and detailed information, this site tells the stories of
intrepid
adventurers who explored unknown regions all over
the world.

The Virtual Exploration Society offers detailed
information about explorers and their expeditions. It covers such individuals as Colonel Percy Fawcett, who charted the wilderness of
South America; Matthew Henson, who raced Peary to the North Pole; Amelia
Earhart and Dian Fossey.